Definitions by ANDY
Ragadorn
A small coastal town in the Wildlands, the area between Sommerlund and Durenor. Virtually the only settlement in the entire region. Like the Wildlands as a whole, Ragadorn is home to a motley crew of Szalls (a weak type of Giaks), pirates and outlaws.
Lone Wolf ends up stranded in the town after his ship sinks in Lone Wolf 2: Fire on the Water. He has to find a way to get transport east to Durenor, while avoiding the dangers of Ragadorn itself. There is also a board game, Ragadorn Ale-House Brawl, included in the Magnamund Companion guidebook. Ragadorn is the kind of place where a brawl would barely make the news, so the game is quite appropriate.
Nominally listed as the "capital" of the Wildlands, although this idea is largely empty in such a desolate and chaotic place.
Lone Wolf ends up stranded in the town after his ship sinks in Lone Wolf 2: Fire on the Water. He has to find a way to get transport east to Durenor, while avoiding the dangers of Ragadorn itself. There is also a board game, Ragadorn Ale-House Brawl, included in the Magnamund Companion guidebook. Ragadorn is the kind of place where a brawl would barely make the news, so the game is quite appropriate.
Nominally listed as the "capital" of the Wildlands, although this idea is largely empty in such a desolate and chaotic place.
Lone Wolf entered Ragadorn after being picked up by a pirate ship and taken there.
Travellers to Ragadorn are warned to be careful of dangers ranging from cut-throats to Helghast.
Travellers to Ragadorn are warned to be careful of dangers ranging from cut-throats to Helghast.
Vassagonia
Huge desert empire located in northern Magnamund, taking up most of the eastern coastal area between Sommerlund/Durenor and Dessi. Ruled by a sultan/king known as the Zakhan, the empire is held in a state of constant fear by his dreaded security forces, the Sharnazim. It has one of the most powerful armies in Magnamund, and sometimes fights alongside the Darklords, who enter into secret pacts with the Zakhan or use magic to influence him.
Featured in a number of Lone Wolf books, it is the main setting for Lone Wolf 5: Shadow on the Sand, and for two of the Legends of Lone Wolf books (numbers 7 and 8). In Shadow on the Sand, Lone Wolf is sent as an ambassador to the realm, but treachery is afoot and he is attacked on arrival. Forced to escape the dungeons of the zakhan, Lone Wolf eventually discovers that the Book of the Magnakai - a Kai treasure containing the secrets of the higher Kai disciplines - is hidden in Vassagonia. After finding the book, he must battle the new Darklord leader, Haakon, to claim it.
Other aspects of the story include the winged Itikar, giant birds used by the Vassagonian army, and the complex sewer system beneath Barrakeesh.
The somewhat one-sided portrayal of Vassagonia given in this book is offset in the Legends novels, when good Vassagonian characters are incorporated into the story, and the zakhan is overthrown (though not, presumably, for good, since he appears in Lone Wolf book 9 which is set later).
In Lone Wolf Book 9, the forces of Vassagonia, which are also attacking Cloeasia, Casiorn and other territories, converge with the Darklord forces in besieging the city of Tahou in the realm of Anari. Lone Wolf must defeat the Zakhan Kimah in one-to-one combat at the end of the book.
The capital of Vassagonia is Barrakeesh. Other notable features include the Dry Main, a virtually impassable desert inhabited by nomad traders.
The culture and imagery of the Vassagonian Empire seems to be based loosely on the Arab world in the Middle Ages, although the centralised sultanate is more reminiscent of empires from a later period.
Featured in a number of Lone Wolf books, it is the main setting for Lone Wolf 5: Shadow on the Sand, and for two of the Legends of Lone Wolf books (numbers 7 and 8). In Shadow on the Sand, Lone Wolf is sent as an ambassador to the realm, but treachery is afoot and he is attacked on arrival. Forced to escape the dungeons of the zakhan, Lone Wolf eventually discovers that the Book of the Magnakai - a Kai treasure containing the secrets of the higher Kai disciplines - is hidden in Vassagonia. After finding the book, he must battle the new Darklord leader, Haakon, to claim it.
Other aspects of the story include the winged Itikar, giant birds used by the Vassagonian army, and the complex sewer system beneath Barrakeesh.
The somewhat one-sided portrayal of Vassagonia given in this book is offset in the Legends novels, when good Vassagonian characters are incorporated into the story, and the zakhan is overthrown (though not, presumably, for good, since he appears in Lone Wolf book 9 which is set later).
In Lone Wolf Book 9, the forces of Vassagonia, which are also attacking Cloeasia, Casiorn and other territories, converge with the Darklord forces in besieging the city of Tahou in the realm of Anari. Lone Wolf must defeat the Zakhan Kimah in one-to-one combat at the end of the book.
The capital of Vassagonia is Barrakeesh. Other notable features include the Dry Main, a virtually impassable desert inhabited by nomad traders.
The culture and imagery of the Vassagonian Empire seems to be based loosely on the Arab world in the Middle Ages, although the centralised sultanate is more reminiscent of empires from a later period.
Lone Wolf's arrival in Vassagonia was marred when he was attacked on arrival by the Sharnazim.
The army of Vassagonia is feared across Magnamund because of its Sharnazim shock-troops and the airborne Itikar riders.
The army of Vassagonia is feared across Magnamund because of its Sharnazim shock-troops and the airborne Itikar riders.
Vassagonia by Andy April 22, 2004
normality
A variety of mental illness typified by symptoms such as an incapacity to differentiate oneself from others, an obsession with the maintenance of meaningless rituals provided these are also prevalent among others, and a pathological gullibility towards claims made by others with the same condition.
Sufferers often experience acute delusions, such as the belief that the present global system functions effectively.
People suffering from Normality can be extremely dangerous in large numbers, since they often maintain that only their own interests and needs, and not those of other psychological groups, are relevant in determining social policy.
Normality is currently incurable, although some evidence suggests that MMR vaccine offers a potential cure.
Sufferers often experience acute delusions, such as the belief that the present global system functions effectively.
People suffering from Normality can be extremely dangerous in large numbers, since they often maintain that only their own interests and needs, and not those of other psychological groups, are relevant in determining social policy.
Normality is currently incurable, although some evidence suggests that MMR vaccine offers a potential cure.
Unfortunately, the majority of psychologists and psychiatrists are among those suffering from this disorder.
Dry Main
A desert region of the realm of Vassagonia in the world of Magnamund (Lone Wolf). Largely unpopulated, although there are some small villages and nomad caravans involved in trading across the Dry Main.
So-called because of the almost total lack of rainfall. Survival in the Dry Main depends on the ability to locate oases.
The sand in the Dry Main are "vermilion", whatever that means.
So-called because of the almost total lack of rainfall. Survival in the Dry Main depends on the ability to locate oases.
The sand in the Dry Main are "vermilion", whatever that means.
Barrakeesh
Large city on the southern coast of the inlet in the east of northern Magnamund, to the north of the Dry Main and west of the main isthmus on which the bulk of Vassagonia is located. Barrakeesh is the capital of Vassagonia and the seat of the Vassagonian ruler, the zakhan. A large and bustling city, it also has an advanced drainage system using large sewers, a large market-place and a nascent military-industrial complex.
It is part of the world of the Lone Wolf gamebooks, and figures prominently in Lone Wolf 5 Shadow on the Sand.
It is part of the world of the Lone Wolf gamebooks, and figures prominently in Lone Wolf 5 Shadow on the Sand.
Lone Wolf has to find his way through locations such as the sewers of Barrakeesh and the Imperial Palace, before escaping from the city.
Barrakeesh by Andy April 22, 2004
Guy Fawkes
And they burn his effigy for it. When Palestinians burn effigies of Bush, the media call it "barbarism". It's not even as if Britain was a fucking democracy at the time!
Real lesson of Guy Fawkes: watch out for snitches.
Real lesson of Guy Fawkes: watch out for snitches.
Guy Fawkes by Andy April 21, 2004
pigfucker
Someone who supports the police. For instance, a politician who passes laws demanded by the police and thereby destroys civil liberties, and anti-"crime" bigots who go along with any repressive proposal which has even minimal porcine endorsement.
Also someone who literally sleeps with, or who enjoys close personal relations with police officers.
Also someone who literally sleeps with, or who enjoys close personal relations with police officers.
George W Bush and Bill Clinton are a pair of pigfuckers.
People who support ID cards are all pigfuckers.
People who support ID cards are all pigfuckers.